matter-briefing

A matter briefing summarizes status, risk rating, materiality, exposure, and outside counsel details for a single litigation matter. It reads the matter intake document, history log, and structured matter row to deliver a concise snapshot for counsel updates.

A conflict check is mandatory and unbypassable, requiring the matter slug to be present in the matter log before briefing. If the slug is missing, the briefing is refused and an intake must be completed first to establish the matter record.

Staleness checks flag any matter where the last updated field is older than 30 days. The briefing also performs a risk re-assessment check, prompting explicit validation to confirm the stored risk field still reflects current facts and stakeholder alignment.

Use a matter briefing to load recent changes, next deadlines, and open questions from your matter documents and workspace logs. It provides a courtroom-ready summary of exposure, materiality, and risk severity directly from the stored matter row.

The matter slug is mandatory input to load risk calibration and matter documents from the configured workspace. Without it, the conflict gate cannot verify the matter in the log, and staleness and risk re-assessment checks cannot be performed.